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August 15, 2005
NASA Poetry: Ode to the House of Apache and other tales
life, poetry
Recently my internship at NASA ended, so here's a selection of poetry which I wrote while on the job. Hopefully it might illuminate some of my experiences. I'll write a blog entry on said experiences in a few days.
June
so many words;
they long to come out.
but the time of day is not right
and sleep's fog dulls their light.
July 15
sleep beckons,
and who am I to deny it?
only a bit of flotsam,
tossed about before it's dreamy shores.
August 1
desire for an iPod warps the mind
as all the players wait with hope.
the winners of the prize know not their find
but instead they are nervous and mope.
all await the words so combined
as to bring either death or a rescuing rope.
August 3
Ode to the House of Apache
The softly resounding GUI comforts like the crash of the ocean's waves
as the quiet mechanical sounds of the PHP hint at the underlying framework.
Data retrieved from MySQL tastes like a delicious fruit picked ripe from the tree
as the comforting embrace of PHPWS encircles all, bringing necessities to hand.
For indeed I speak of a paradise of bytes and bits; a utopia crafted of ones and zeros
where all may live out their lives surrounded by beautiful silicon in the house of Apache.
Posted by Trevor Savage at August 15, 2005 2:39 PM